Staff mounting device



Sept- 1935. B. w. GREENHOE 2,013,271

STAFF MOUNTING DEVI CE Filed April 27, 1954 device, whose middle portion4 presses on the bars rear side and itsside portions 5, 5 press onPatented Sept. 3, 1935 Nr Price 3 Claims.

The present invention relates to mounting devices ior flag stafis andthe like; and its object is to provide an improved device for detachablymounting such a staii on a horizontal bar.

This and any other and more specific objects hereinafter appearing areattained by, and the invention finds preferably embodiment in, thedevice particularly described in the body of this specification andillustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which:-

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a flag staii and a device fordetachably mounting the same vertically on a horizontal bar;

Figure 2 is a front view thereof;

Figure 3 is a side view of the same;

Figure 4 is a top View of the device, the staff being sectioned on line4--4 of Figure 2; and

Figure 5 is an axial sectional view of a portion of the device,illustrating a modified construction thereof.

In the drawing is shown a vertical staff l carrying a flag 2, detachablymounted on the horizontal bumperbar 3 of an automobile or the like, bymeans of my device.

This device is made of ,a continuous spring wire bent to form a helicalmiddle portion 6 adapted to receive and tightly hold the lower end ofthe staff, and vertical side portions 5, 5 on the opposite sides of themiddle portion, spaced therefrom and approximately parallel therewith,these side portions being connected by a bottom bight portion iicomprising an approximately horizontal middle part 1 and parts 8 at theopposite ends of part 7, this bight portion 6 extending rearwardlytoward the middle portion 4 (as particularly well seen in Figure 3) soas to. engage the under edge 9 of the bumper bar 3 as shown in Figure 1.Preferably the bights parts 8 thus extend inclinedlyrearwardly-downwardly so as to wedgingly engage said edge.

The side portions 5, 5 extend at I6, it over the upper edge I! of thebumper bar as seen in Figure 1. The helical middle portion 4 springstoward the plane in which lie the side portions 5, 5 so that the bumperbar is yieldingly held by the the bars front side. I

A screw I2 is desirably'provided ,for holding the staff in thehelicalportion 4, being threaded in the lower end of the staff and itshead engaging the lower end of said helical portion, As shown in Figure5, the lower three or four coils l3 of the helical portion 4 of thedevice are of less diameter of the helix than are the upper coils, so

that the lower end of the staff may be screwed into said lower coils,such screwing process forming a shallow screw thread I4 in the stafislower end. In this Figure 5, the screws head 15 extends over the entirelower end of the helical por- 5 tion.

Iclaim: i

1. A device for detachably mounting a staif in vertical position on ahorizontal bar support, made of spring wire and comprising a helical 10middle portion adapted to receive and hold the stafi, a pair of sideportions parallel with, and spaced from, the middle portion and at itsopposite sides respectively, a bottom bight portion connecting the sideportions and spaced below the lower end of the middle portion, ahorizontal portion extending between and connecting the upper end of themiddle portion and the upper end of one of the side portions, and ahorizontal portion extending from the upper end of the 20 othersideportion toward the upper end of the middle portion, both of saidhorizontal portions being adapted to rest on the upper edge of said barsupport, the bight portion being adapted to engage said bar supportsunder edge, the bar support being pressed between the middle portion onone side of the bar support and the side portions on the other side ofthe bar support in the mounted position of the device on the barsupport. 30

2. A device for detachably mounting a staff in vertical position on ahorizontal bar support, made of spring Wire and comprising a helicalmiddle portion adapted to receive and hold the staff, a pair of sideportions parallel with, and 35 spaced from, the middle portion and atits opposite sides respectively, a bottom bight portion connecting theside portions and spaced below the lower end of the middle portion, ahorizontal portion extending between and connecting the 40 upper end ofthe middle portion and the upper end of one of the side portions, and ahorizontal portion extending from the upper end of the other sideportion toward the upper end of the middle portion, both of saidhorizontal portions 45 being adapted to rest on the upper edge of saidbar support, the bight portion being adapted to engage said bar supportsunder edge, the bar support being pressed between the middle portion onone side of the bar support and the side portions on the other side ofthe bar support, the bottom bight portion being downwardly-outwardlyinclined to press the bar support between the bottom bight portion onthe under edge of the bar support and the said two horizontal portionson the upper edge of the bar support in the mounted position of thedevice on the bar support. 7 I g I 3. Adevice for detachably mounting astafi in vertical position on a horizontal bar support, made of springwire and comprising a helical middle portion adapted to receive and holdthe staff, a pair of side portions parallel with, and spaced from, themiddle portion and at its opposite sides respectiyely, a bottornbightportion connecting theside portions and spaced below the lower endof ithe'rriiddle portion, ahorizontal portion. extending between andconnecting the upper end, of the middle portion and the upper end ofoneof the side portions, and a horizontal portion extending from the up perend of the other 2,o13,271* Y i" F side portion towar portion, both ofsaid horizontal portions being adapted to rest on the upper edge of saidbar support,'the bight portion being adapted to engage said bar supportsunder edge, the bar sup port being pressed between the middle portion onone side of the bar support and the side portions theupper end of themiddle on the other side of the bar support in the'mounted position ofthe device on the bar support, "the lower part of the helicalmiddleportion being of less diameter than the upper part of said helicalportion so that the 'staiis lower, end'inay be freely. slid intosaidupper part and then screwed into said lower part to securely hold thestafi.

BARNEY W. GREENHOEQ

